Something for the weekend. Funeral March of a Marionette. Written in 1872 by Charles Gounod, it will be familiar to Americans of my vintage who can recall it as the theme song of Alfred Hitchcock Presents which ran from 1955-1965. (In its last three seasons the half hour show was expanded to an hour and renamed The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.)
Thanks, Mac. That is very familiar to this old fart.
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Other classics that made it into circuses and TV include von Suppe’s “Light Cavalry Overture” and Fucik’s “March of the Gladiators.”
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The other night I watched the first hour-and-a-half of Ford’s “Rio Grande” movie (then too late went to bed). In a moment, I will remove myself to listen to “The Bold Fenian Men” by the Sons of the . . . and old US Cavalry bugle calls.
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When my son wasn’t jumping out of perfectly good air planes, the Army assigned him to a cavalry squadron and a year in Afghanistan where he earned his CIB and spurs. We have his Stetson somewhere in the house.
Love this. Sounds to me more like a merry march than a funeral march. And I remember the Hictchcock TV series fondly, very imaginative and nothing else like it on TV then or since.
T Shaw, Congrats to your son! I’ve seen the Av Cav dress uniform many years ago (early 70s) at Ft. Benjamin Harrison : Stetson, boots w/spurs and Sam Browne belt w/ what looks like an ammo packet. What’s a CIB?
Thanks, CAM. The man looks sharp in dress blues, Stetson, spurs. The Sam Browne belt wasn’t there. I ought to have spelled it out. CIB = Combat Infantryman Badge.
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He’s serving with a state-side airborne outfit.
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Bless them all.